6.8 km extension planned from Nadr Holesovice to Letnany to comprise 1.2 km twin-track tunnel and 5.6 km of single-track tunnel driven in sedimentary rocks. First phase studies for $220 million contracts will be completed October, 1999 with a view to starting tunnelling work in mid-2000 for completion in 2004. Second phase to follow two years later. Public finance with a mixture of local and central funding. August 1999.   Proposed 3.9 km extension of C4 line in rock from Prague 7 at Holesovice railway station to Prague 8 satellite town north of the city using NATM techniques. Five stations, one of which is cut-and-cover and four to be mined. Part twin tunnel, part single. In final design for 2001 construction start. Line D also in preliminary design. Visit www.metrostav.cz December 1999.   Two phases of construction to be financed partially by loans from European Investment Bank. First 4 km-long phase has received $75 million towards estimated total cost of $220 million, and another $75 million will follow later. Visit www.subterra.cz April 2000.   Line C comprising twin 7.5 km drill/blast tubes beneath river and up hill in granite/gneiss to be constructed with six underground stations and one cut and cover station, all 600 m-long, starting June, 2001 for completion end-2003. Visit www.atlascopco.com 19/01.  Second phase tenders for line C extension in preparation with a view to early-2003 construction start and 2007 completion. Visit www.metrostav.cz 35/01.Call for bids, deadline 16th January, 2004 for construction of section Ladvi-Letnany of metro line C in the northeast of the city, adding 4.6 km track and 3 stations. The EIB granted a €75 million loan. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=207441-2003, OJ S 233, or contact Ing. Horsky, 3rd floor, Room 327 or Ing. Tomecek, 3rd floor, Room 301, Inzenyring dopravní­­ch staveb, Na Morí¡ni 360/3, 12801 Prague 2, fax +420 236083252. Read E-News Weekly 41/2003. 50/03.Skanska, Metrostav and Subterra have been contracted to extend metro line C in Prague. The assignment involves a 4.6 km extension in northern Prague from Ladvi station to Letnany, including three new stations. About 40% of the stretch is through tunnels. Skanska's share amounts to about CZK3.6 billion, which is 37% of the entire project valued at about CZK 9.8 billion. Work begins in May for completion scheduled in end 2007. Visit www.skanska.com, www.metrostav.cz and www.subterra.cz 20/04.The 4.6 km Latvi-Letnany extension to Line C awarded to Skanska, Metrostav and Subterra includes 2,195 m of 60-100 sq m double-track tunnel, 2 x 65 m of single-track tunnel and 2,356 m of cut-and-cover tunnel including the stations. Three cut-and-cover underground stations: Prosek I (211 m-long x 20 m-wide x 5.6 m-high), Prosek II (205 m x 20 m x 10.6 m) and Letnany (591 m x 25 m x 10.3 m). Letnany station includes the tracks for the depot. Geology will consist of claystone, marlstone and sandstone. The planned excavation methods are drill/blast (1,350 m), roadheader (910 m) and cut-and-cover (2,356 m). Lining in accordance with NATM with shotcrete without fibres, rock bolts, lattice girders and wire mesh. Dump trucks will be used for the mucking-out. Tunnelling to start in September 2004. 22/04.